The Neurobiology of Brain and Behavioral Development.
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover
- The Neurobiology of Brain and Behavioral Development
- Copyright Page
- Contents
- List of Contributors
- Preface
- Part I General Perspectives in Brain Development
- 1 Brain Development
- Abbreviations
- 1.1 Introduction
- 1.2 Cells of the Brain
- 1.2.1 Neural cells
- 1.2.2 Glial cells
- 1.2.2.1 Macroglia
- 1.2.2.2 Microglia
- 1.3 Phases of Brain Development
- 1.4 Constructing the Human Brain
- 1.4.1 Construction of the brain: embryonic development (conception to week 8)
- 1.4.2 Construction of the brain: fetal development (week 9 to birth)1.4.3 Construction of the brain: postnatal development
- 1.5 Brain Systems Construction and Emerging Behavior
- 1.6 The Genetic Blueprint for Brain Construction
- 1.7 Epigenetic Edits to the Blueprint for Brain Construction
- 1.7.1 Altering brain construction with environmental cues
- 1.7.2 Environmental cues: lessons learned from animals models
- 1.8 Summary
- References
- Further Reading
- 2 Perspectives on Behavioral Development
- 2.1 Historical Perspectives on Behavioral Development
- 2.1.1 The innate-learned dichotomy2.1.2 Tinbergenâ#x80;#x99;s ethology
- 2.1.3 Conditioned learning theories
- 2.2 Contemporary Perspectives on Behavioral Development
- 2.2.1 Geneâ#x80;#x93;environment interaction
- 2.2.2 Gottliebâ#x80;#x99;s probabilistic epigenesis
- 2.2.3 Hoganâ#x80;#x99;s behavior mechanism
- 2.3 The Importance of Attachment
- 2.3.1 Attachment in humans
- 2.3.2 Attachment in animals
- 2.4 Summary
- References
- Further Reading
- 3 Overview of Factors Influencing Brain Development
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 Epigenetics and Brain Development
- 3.3 Sensory Experiences Affecting Brain Development3.3.1 Effects of sensory deprivation on brain development
- 3.3.2 Effects of sensory â#x80;#x9C;enrichmentâ#x80;#x9D; on brain development
- 3.3.3 Effects of tactile stimulation on brain development
- 3.3.4 Early multilingual experiences
- 3.3.5 Early musical experiences
- 3.3.6 Effect of early stress
- 3.3.7 Effect of psychoactive drugs
- 3.3.8 Effect of parentâ#x80;#x93;infant and peer relationships
- 3.3.9 Effect of diet
- 3.3.10 Effect of poverty
- 3.3.11 Effect of brain injury
- 3.4 Internal Experiences Affecting Brain Development3.4.1 Role of the microbiome
- 3.4.2 Role of the immune system
- 3.5 Conclusions
- References
- Further Reading
- 4 The Role of Animal Models in Developmental Brain Research
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 The Rise of Comparative Neurobiology
- 4.3 Research in Neurosciences
- 4.4 Development of the Central Nervous System
- 4.5 The Mixing of Genes and Environment in Development
- 4.6 Aberrant Brain Development
- 4.7 Conclusions
- References
- Part II Molecular Perspectives in Brain Development
